FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



it out. The first veterinary examination disclosed 

 a situation of over 50 per cent, reactors in a herd of 

 100 cows. However, in spite of misgivings and 

 advice not to take the step, the move was made by 

 estabhshing a new dairy for the reactors at some 

 off-lying buildings, and to this day I have never 

 regretted this violent step. To put it in moderate 

 language it had added several hundred pounds per 

 annum to the farm's income. Therefore there is 

 no reason to find fault with the initial move in 



1923- 

 There is another method practised at Burderop 



which may be of interest, and one perhaps which 



will raise a certain amount of criticism. We 



have given up rearing our own stock to refill the 



dairies. In my particular case it certainly has 



proved more profitable. I find that if your milking 



equipment is on a large scale and land specially 



suitable for milk, costs of production are lowered 



by driving this equipment and the land to its utmost 



capacity, and therefore, milk every cow you can 



every day in the year. In my opinion there are 



plenty of farms, light in character, not suitable for 



milk or milking where young stock can be raised in 



more healthy conditions to fill our dairies from time 



to time. I can well imagine it a very profitable 



business to raise T.T. stock on many of these upland 



farms, for the future will bring a good demand for 



this class of stock. 



For some years it has been our practice to use 



black poll Angus bulls in the herds. We find less 



bother with the calving, and the calves meet a good 



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